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The Flashlight App Threat

Reblogger Larry Johnston

Real Estate Agent with Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC RB14037276

October 28, 2014 02:02 PM

Rebecca Gaujot, the GO TO REALTOR brings to our attention her blog a serious threat that everyone in our profession needs to know. If you have a flashlight App on your phone, or intend on adding one on your phone to help see, when visiting those homes without electricity, DON"T.

Make sure you view and listen to the video in Rebecca's Blog before you do anything.

Spyware and Malware are associated with those flashlight Apps.

The Flashlight App Threat

500 million people are affected...not them, but their smart phones.

We all have probably installed the flashlight app for our smart phones. But, did you know that most of the apps are malware and are getting ALL your information.

Does your GPS and contact list automatically activates, do you know what apps your children are downloading..... You Need To Watch This Video if You Use a Smart Phone

www.youtube.com/embed/Q8xz8xKEFvU

Check out the SnoopWall Flashlight APPs Threat Assessment Report that provides a summarized Privacy and Risk Analysis of Top 10 Android Flashlight Apps by SnoopWall mobile security experts and the Privacy App scanner. (They tested and installed the Top 10 Android Flashlight Apps on various smart phones and tablets. Windows and Apple iOS flashlights behave in a similar fashion, however, more restricted in their spying capabilities due to the hardened OS features of Windows 8.1RT and Apple iOS 7 & 8.)

I have a Samsung Galaxy and have had many problems lately with my contact list activating and the phone turning off and on a lot. I've been wanting to get a new phone and yes, it will be an iPhone.

Perhaps we should just all go back to when we carried a regular flashlight!

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Lisa Von Domek

Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX

....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Hello Larry,

Great reblog of Rebecca's, I commented on hers earlier about being "app free" - I've never trusted any app's!

Oct 29, 2014 12:47 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD
Ted Glover

Moultrie, GA

Tammy Lankford,

Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA

Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I didn't have to download an app, a flashlight just comes on iPhones and I'm sure it doesn't use the GPS, which I keep turned off a lot to save battery.

Oct 29, 2014 12:48 PM

Ted Glover

Alderman Classic Realty, LLC - Moultrie, GA

ABR in Moultrie, Georgia 229-854-5422

Thanks Larry for the re-blog of the article by Rebecca Gaujot. Very good information to know. We have given them absolute control of our lives through our smart phones and tablets and TV's.

Oct 29, 2014 01:28 PM

Roy Kelley

Gaithersburg, MD

Ron and Alexandra Seigel

Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA

Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Larry,

Thanks for re blogging this. I took it off a while ago, when Apple had put in the function as part of their new system. A

Oct 29, 2014 02:09 PM

George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Larry interesting information. I do have a flashlight app on my iPhone, so I guess I need to do a little research on it.

Oct 29, 2014 02:24 PM

Sharon Parisi

United Real Estate Dallas - Dallas, TX

Dallas Homes

This is an important re-blog. Just about everyone I know has this app on their phone. Some of the newer phones have built in flashlights. From what I have heard, the iPhone flashlights may be okay. Everyone needs to check this out.

Oct 29, 2014 04:10 PM

Joe Petrowsky

Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT

Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Larry. If there was a flashlight already in place when the phone was purchased, you should be OK, but if a flashlight app was added later, this is the problem.

Oct 29, 2014 06:31 PM

Conrad Allen

Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA

Webster, Ma, Realtor

Hi Larry. How scary is that? Machines are taking over.

Oct 29, 2014 08:56 PM

John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

I saw this on the news. I was glad flashlights are built into our phones.

Oct 29, 2014 11:39 PM

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754

Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT

Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I can't see enough with that App so I just carry a mini floodlight in the car

Oct 30, 2014 12:53 AM

Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

This is a very good choice for a re-blog. Smart phone owners need to be very careful when they select apps.

Oct 30, 2014 01:34 AM

Sharon Paxson

Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA

Newport Beach Real Estate

Hi Larry - this is a great reblog and we really do have to be careful what apps we are downloading!

Oct 30, 2014 02:12 AM

Janell Kittleson

Rentec Direct - Grants Pass, OR

Rentec Direct

I didn't catch the original blog so I'm glad that you re-itterated this! I have a few friends to share this with. Creepy, isn't it!

Oct 30, 2014 02:36 AM

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